Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told "you can't go" to Benghazi during attacks(edited)

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Re: Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told "you can't go" to Benghazi during attacks(edit

Originally Posted by Fenton

STOP LYING....I am NOT a Obama supporter and I'm not susceptable to BS.

In a Committee on Government Oversight, Charlene Lamb ( the person who denied increased Security ) was asked " Was there any budget consideration and lack of budget which led you NOT to increase the number of people in their security force " ?

Charlene Lamb : " No sir ''

So stop pretending that anything could have been done to stop the attack while it was progress. The special forces in tripoli were not equipped for the task. The special forces in Europe would have arrived 12 hours after the attack ended.

Re: Diplomat: enghazi during attacks(edited)

Originally Posted by pbrauer

They didn't vote for a war with boots on the ground. They would have preferred that UN weapons inspector Hans Blix been given extra time for the search, but President Bush refused so they had to leave. He wanted his war.

If they didn't want boots on the ground why did they vote to authorize the war?

Re: There was a stand down order given in Benghzi

Originally Posted by Unitedwestand13

And let us not forget that many democrats now regret voting to authorize that war. Somthing very few republicans are openly willing to admit.

Sure they're going to say they regret it NOW. They're doing so for the exact same reason that they voted for it to begin with. It's called pandering to public opinion. During the run-up to the war the American public overwhelmingly supported it. Voting no would have risked re-election, so those Democrats who were potentially vulnerable voted yes.

Now that history has shown that there were no WMDs and popular support for the war has evaporated, those same Democrats are now going public with their "regrets". They were gutless when they voted for the war just as they are gutless now in expressing their regret.

Re: There was a stand down order given in Benghzi

Originally Posted by Jack Fabulous

Sure they're going to say they regret it NOW. They're doing so for the exact same reason that they voted for it to begin with. It's called pandering to public opinion. During the run-up to the war the American public overwhelmingly supported it. Voting no would have risked re-election, so those Democrats who were potentially vulnerable voted yes.

Now that history has shown that there were no WMDs and popular support for the war has evaporated, those same Democrats are now going public with their "regrets". They were gutless when they voted for the war just as they are gutless now in expressing their regret.

Re: There was a stand down order given in Benghzi

Originally Posted by Jack Fabulous

Sure they're going to say they regret it NOW. They're doing so for the exact same reason that they voted for it to begin with. It's called pandering to public opinion. During the run-up to the war the American public overwhelmingly supported it. Voting no would have risked re-election, so those Democrats who were potentially vulnerable voted yes.

Now that history has shown that there were no WMDs and popular support for the war has evaporated, those same Democrats are now going public with their "regrets". They were gutless when they voted for the war just as they are gutless now in expressing their regret.

I guess history really does repeat itself...

In the case of useless wars like Iraq, let's hope that doesn't repeat. McCain wants us in Syria now. Is that wise? Why are Republicans so quick to send Americans to their deaths without a plan to win? Do they hate our troops that much?

Re: There was a stand down order given in Benghzi

Originally Posted by pbrauer

They didn't vote for a war with boots on the ground. They would have preferred that UN weapons inspector Hans Blix been given extra time for the search, but President Bush refused so they had to leave. He wanted his war.

Horse****. You vote for a war or you don't.

If youre so stupid to vote for a war when you don't want boots on the ground,

Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told "you can't go" to Benghazi during attacks(ed

Originally Posted by penn1954

Horse****. You vote for a war or you don't.

If youre so stupid to vote for a war when you don't want boots on the ground,

Then you're too incompetent to be in congress!!

And yes they are too incompent to be in,but can't get rid of em.

That's funny. The resolution didn't read war or no war. It encouraged use of diplomatic means.

The Repubs knew they couldn't get a war resolution through, so they didn't. That way, they could pretend they had big swinging dicks when the war was over in a week, but his behind the concept that the war was Bushs fault.

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Re: There was a stand down order given in Benghzi

Originally Posted by iguanaman

In the case of useless wars like Iraq, let's hope that doesn't repeat. McCain wants us in Syria now. Is that wise? Why are Republicans so quick to send Americans to their deaths without a plan to win? Do they hate our troops that much?

I think the Democrats still hold the record for sending our troops to war without a plan to win. Vietnam anyone?

None the less, we shouldn't be going into Syria or anyplace else but if that decision is made it will be made by Democrats. That is a fact.